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The Right Stuff

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Calorie Rating: 271
Released: 1983-10-20
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 193 Minutes
Budget: 27000000
Revenue 21500000
Studios: The Ladd Company, Chartoff-Winkler Productions,


At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings momentous challenges.

Director / Directors

Alice Tompkins
Script Supervisor


Cast

Sam Shepard
Character: Chuck Yeager
Scott Glenn
Character: Alan Shepard
Ed Harris
Character: John Glenn

Dennis Quaid
Character: Gordon Cooper
Fred Ward
Character: Gus Grissom
Barbara Hershey
Character: Glennis Yeager

Kim Stanley
Character: Pancho Barnes
Veronica Cartwright
Character: Betty Grissom
Pamela Reed
Character: Trudy Cooper

Scott Paulin
Character: Deke Slayton
Charles Frank
Character: Scott Carpenter
Lance Henriksen
Character: Wally Schirra

Donald Moffat
Character: Lyndon B. Johnson
Levon Helm
Character: Jack Ridley / Narrator
Mary Jo Deschanel
Character: Annie Glenn

Scott Wilson
Character: Scott Crossfield
Kathy Baker
Character: Louise Shepard
Mickey Crocker
Character: Marge Slayton

Susan Kase
Character: Rene Carpenter
Mittie Smith
Character: Jo Schirra
Royal Dano
Character: Minister

David Clennon
Character: Liaison Man
Jim Haynie
Character: Air Force Major
Jeff Goldblum
Character: NASA Recruiter

Harry Shearer
Character: NASA Recruiter
Scott Beach
Character: Chief Scientist
Jane Dornacker
Character: Nurse Murch

Anthony Munoz
Character: Gonzales
John P. Ryan
Character: Head of Program
Darryl Henriques
Character: Life Reporter

Eric Sevareid
Character: Himself
William Russ
Character: Slick Goodlin
Drew Letchworth
Character: The Permanent Press Corps

Christopher P. Beale
Character: The Permanent Press Corps
Richard Dupell
Character: The Permanent Press Corps
William Hall
Character: The Permanent Press Corps

John X. Heart
Character: The Permanent Press Corps
Ed Holmes
Character: The Permanent Press Corps
Jack Bruno Tate
Character: The Permanent Press Corps

Edward Anhalt
Character: Grand Designer
Mary Apick
Character: Woman Reporter
Robert Beer
Character: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Erik Bergmann
Character: Eddie Hodges
James Brady
Character: Aide to Lyndon B. Johnson
Katherine Conklin
Character: Woman TV Reporter

Maureen Coyne
Character: Waitress
Tom Dahlgren
Character: Bell Aircraft Executive
John Lion
Character: Bell Aircraft Executive

Peggy Davis
Character: Sally Rand
John Dehner
Character: Henry Luce
Robert Elross
Character: Review Board President

Drew Eshelman
Character: Assistant Scientist
Robert J. Geary
Character: Game Show M.C.
Royce Grones
Character: 1st X-1 Pilot

David Gulpilil
Character: Aborigine
Anthony Wallis
Character: Australian Driver
Kaaren Lee
Character: Young Widow

Sandy Kronemeyer
Character: Cocoa Beach Girl
Frankie Di
Character: Cocoa Beach Girl
Michael Pritchard
Character: Texan

Edward Corbett
Character: Texan
O-Lan Jones
Character: Girl at Pancho's
Mark Todd
Character: Astronaut Trainee

Allen Gebhardt
Character: Astronaut Trainee
Chuck Yeager
Character: Fred
Mimi Sarkisian
Character: New Mexico Nurse in Lobby (uncredited)


Production and Crew


Bill Conti
Original Music Composer
James D. Brubaker
Executive Producer

Tom Rolf
Editor
Caleb Deschanel
Director of Photography

Philip Kaufman
Screenplay

Peter R. Romero
Art Direction
Richard Lawrence
Art Direction

Ted Churchill
Steadicam Operator
David MacMillan
Production Sound Mixer

Ken Pepiot
Special Effects Supervisor
Buddy Joe Hooker
Stunt Coordinator
Harry Mathias
Steadicam Operator

George R. Nelson
Set Decoration
Geoffrey Kirkland
Production Design
Jim Poynter
Set Decoration

Jordan Belson
Visual Effects
Pat Grover
Hairstylist
Todd Boekelheide
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Tim Holland
Sound Effects Editor
Randy Thom
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Karen G. Wilson
Sound Effects Editor

Yvonne Curry
Makeup Artist
Mark Berger
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
John Benson
Sound Effects Editor

Thomas Scott
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Pat Jackson
Sound Effects Editor
Bruce Geller
Hairstylist

Andy Wiskes
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jay Boekelheide
Supervising Sound Editor

Richard Hymns
Sound Effects Editor
Karen Bradley
Makeup Artist
Susan Roether
Production Secretary